107:1  O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever!

107:2  Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble

107:3  and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.

107:4  Some wandered in desert wastes, finding no way to a city to dwell in;

107:5  hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted within them.

107:6  Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

107:7  he led them by a straight way, till they reached a city to dwell in.

107:8  Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

107:9  For he satisfies him who is thirsty, and the hungry he fills with good things.

107:10  Some sat in darkness and in gloom, prisoners in affliction and in irons,

107:11  for they had rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High.

107:12  Their hearts were bowed down with hard labor; they fell down, with none to help.

107:13  Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

107:14  he brought them out of darkness and gloom, and broke their bonds asunder.

107:15  Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

107:16  For he shatters the doors of bronze, and cuts in two the bars of iron.

107:17  Some were sick through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

107:18  they loathed any kind of food, and they drew near to the gates of death.

107:19  Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

107:20  he sent forth his word, and healed them, and delivered them from destruction.

107:21  Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

107:22  And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!

107:23  Some went down to the sea in ships, doing business on the great waters;

107:24  they saw the deeds of the LORD, his wondrous works in the deep.

107:25  For he commanded, and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.

107:26  They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths; their courage melted away in their evil plight;

107:27  they reeled and staggered like drunken men, and were at their wits' end.

107:28  Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress;

107:29  he made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

107:30  Then they were glad because they had quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.

107:31  Let them thank the LORD for his steadfast love, for his wonderful works to the sons of men!

107:32  Let them extol him in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.

107:33  He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground,

107:34  a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.

107:35  He turns a desert into pools of water, a parched land into springs of water.

107:36  And there he lets the hungry dwell, and they establish a city to live in;

107:37  they sow fields, and plant vineyards, and get a fruitful yield.

107:38  By his blessing they multiply greatly; and he does not let their cattle decrease.

107:39  When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, trouble, and sorrow,

107:40  he pours contempt upon princes and makes them wander in trackless wastes;

107:41  but he raises up the needy out of affliction, and makes their families like flocks.

107:42  The upright see it and are glad; and all wickedness stops its mouth.

107:43  Whoever is wise, let him give heed to these things; let men consider the steadfast love of the LORD.